JP2000176200A - Press iron for clothes-pressing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lower a manufacturing cost and a working cost by easily manufac turing a press iron or a clothes-pressing device without lowering thermal conduc tivity. SOLUTION: A press iron for a clothes pressing device for externally supplying heating steam is provided with a metal pipe 1. The metal pipe 1 is formed with metal of a good thermal conductivity, and is laid to come into contact with the rear of an ironing board 2 so as to uniformly heat all the surface of the ironing board 2. The rear of the ironing board 2 is similarly formed with metal of a good thermal conductivity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a press iron for a clothes press machine, and more particularly to a press iron for a clothes press machine which finishes clothes, linen products, and other fabric products by hot pressing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a press iron of this type, an iron plate is usually welded around to form a closed container, and steam is introduced into a hollow interior for heating (for example, see Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 64-32899 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-51897).

[0003]

However, since this type of press iron is one of the main parts of a clothes press,
It is desirable that the apparatus be configured so that the manufacturing cost and the processing cost can be suppressed and the product price of the clothing press machine can be reduced.

However, as described above, the conventional product is formed by welding the periphery of an iron plate and forming the inside in a steam chamber. Therefore, in the case of the conventional product, a welding operation is performed so that steam leakage does not occur from a welding point. Was required to be performed accurately and perfectly.

[0005] Therefore, according to the conventional product, a large amount of time and labor was required for this kind of welding work and processing work, so that the manufacturing cost and processing cost were high, and the cost of the clothing press machine could be avoided by that much. Did not.

[0006] In this case, the press iron of this type is heated by the heat of steam to finish the fabric product, and is inferior in heat conductivity to the conventional product in which steam acts directly on the iron plate. Need to be formed so that there is no

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
It is a proposal. Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is:
An object of the present invention is to provide a press iron for a clothes press machine that can be manufactured easily and easily without lowering the thermal conductivity, and that can be manufactured at low cost.

[0008]

The present invention employs the following technical means in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the present invention relates to a press iron for a clothes press machine to which steam for heating is supplied from the outside, comprising a metal tube 1 through which the steam passes. 1 is formed of a metal having good thermal conductivity, is connected to the back surface of the iron plate 2 and is piped so as to heat the entire surface of the iron plate 2 uniformly. It is characterized by being formed of a metal having good thermal conductivity as in the first aspect (claim 1).

[0010] Here, "piping so as to uniformly heat the entire surface of the iron plate 2" means that piping is performed so as not to cause a temperature difference in the iron plate 2. Specifically, for example, meandering the metal tube 1 (see FIG. 1 and the like),
As shown in FIG. 7, the metal tube 1 is spirally piped,
Alternatively, the piping state on the side of the steam inlet 1a where the temperature becomes high is reduced, and the side of the steam outlet 1b where the temperature is lowered is densely connected to increase or decrease the contact area between the metal tube 1 and the back surface of the iron plate 2. It is achieved by doing.

The press iron of the present invention is not limited to a pair of front and rear press irons in a vertical shirt press finishing machine as shown in FIG. That is, the present invention
As shown in FIG. 12, for trousers and sheets, yukata, upper trowel suitable for finishing presses, etc., or press sleeves for shirt sleeves, tacks, cuffs, and even shoulders and collars It can also be used for press trowels.

In the case of the present invention, examples of the metal having good thermal conductivity include copper and aluminum. Among them, copper has a high thermal conductivity and is easy to process. Therefore, the back surfaces of the metal tube 1 and the iron plate 2 are preferably made of copper.

Further, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 and the like, it is preferable that one metal pipe 1 is bent and piped (claim 2).

According to the present invention, for example, a plurality of metal tubes 1 may be meandered or bent and attached to the back surface of the trowel plate 2 to form a steam supply tube. There is an advantage that the connection with the road and the discharge pipe is simplified, so that it is possible to reduce the number of connection parts and the time and labor required for the connection work.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the steam inlet 1a and the steam outlet 1b of the metal tube 1 are arranged close to each other (claim 3).

In this case, not only can the supply line and the discharge line of the steam be tidy, but also the inlet 1a having a high steam temperature and the outlet 1b having a low temperature are close to each other.
There is an advantage that the temperature of the iron plate 2 at this location is easily averaged.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the steam inlet 1a and the steam outlet 1b of the metal tube 1 are respectively disposed below the iron plate 2 and the steam inlet 1a. 1a
It is preferable that the upward path 6 of the steam from the upper part of the iron plate 2 to the upper part of the iron plate 2 is always piped upward, and the downward path 7 of the steam from the upper part of the iron plate 2 to the outlet 1b is always piped downward. (Claim 4).

In the case of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the cooling water for steam from collecting in the metal tube 1. In the drawing, reference numeral 8 denotes a drain valve disposed at an appropriate position in a supply pipe and a discharge pipe of steam.

Further, in the case of the present invention, the metal tube 1 is made of a material as shown in FIGS.
As shown in the above, it is preferable to form it into a flat shape (claim 5).

In this case, since the contact area between the back surface of the iron plate 2 and the metal tube 1 is increased, there is an advantage that the thermal conductivity is improved. Here, being formed in a flat shape means that the back surface of the iron plate 2 and the metal tube 1 are in surface contact. Specifically, for example, an elliptical cross section or FIG.
As shown in FIG. In the case of the present invention, it is preferable that the metal tube 1 is directly welded to the back surface of the iron plate 2, but as shown in FIG.
It may be fixed via the stopper 9.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5 and the like, the iron plate 2 is formed by bonding metal plates 2a and 2b together.
It is preferable that the metal plate 2b forming the back surface is a copper plate.

In this case, the strength of the iron surface and the thermal conductivity of the back surface can be ensured, and the cost is reduced as compared with the case where the entire iron plate 2 is formed of a metal having a high thermal conductivity such as copper. There is an advantage that can be.

Here, the metal plates 2a and 2b are preferably formed of a metal having a similar thermal expansion coefficient so as to prevent the trowel plate 2 from excessively warping to one side due to thermal expansion. Examples of the combination of the seed metal plates 2a and 2b include an iron plate and a copper plate, a steel plate and a copper plate, a brass plate and a copper plate, and a stainless steel plate and a copper plate.

As a method of bonding the metal plates 2a and 2b, specifically, a method of thermocompression bonding a copper plate as the metal plate 2b to an iron plate as the metal plate 2a via a solder foil 2c in a superposed state. is there. In the case of the present invention, the entire back surface of the iron plate 2 is preferably formed of a metal having good thermal conductivity such as a copper plate. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the metal tube 1 is attached. Only a portion may be formed of a copper plate or the like.

[0025]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention according to this embodiment relates to a case of a press trowel arranged before and after a human figure A of a vertical garment press machine (see FIG. 2) for press-finishing the front body and back body of a shirt. It is. FIG. 1 shows a press iron on the front side, and FIG. 6 shows a press iron on the rear side.

The press iron according to the present invention includes a metal tube 1 through which heating steam supplied from outside is passed. The metal tube 1 is a copper tube in this embodiment, and is formed in a flat shape having an oblong cross section as shown in FIGS. The metal tube 1 is arranged so as to be in contact with the back surface of the iron plate 2 and to heat the entire surface of the iron plate 2 uniformly.
In the case of this embodiment, specifically, as shown in the figure, one metal tube 1 is bent in a meandering shape so as to heat the entire surface of the iron plate 2 evenly, and is shown in FIGS. As described above, the piping is arranged such that the steam inlet 1a and the steam outlet 1b are close to each other.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 and the like, a trowel plate 2 is formed by thermocompression bonding a copper plate as a metal plate 2b onto an iron plate as a metal plate 2a via a solder foil 2c. Have been. The back side of the mortarboard 2 is covered with a back cover 4 via a heat insulating material 3. 5 (see FIG. 1 etc.)
Are horizontal bars for reinforcement which are laid across both side surfaces of the trowel plate 2.

Next, the operation of the press iron of the present invention will be described. In the case of the present invention, when steam for heating is supplied from the outside, the heat of this steam is transmitted to the iron plate 2 while flowing through the metal tube 1, and heats the iron plate 2 to convert the iron plate 2 into a heat iron. I do. In this case, in the present invention, since the back surfaces of the metal tube 1 and the iron plate 2 are made of a metal having good thermal conductivity, the heat of the steam is smoothly and efficiently transmitted to the iron plate 2.

[0030]

As described above, the present invention is provided with a metal tube through which steam is passed. The metal tube is formed of a metal having good heat conductivity, and is brought into contact with the back surface of the iron plate. The entire surface is piped so as to be uniformly heated, and the back surface of the iron plate is made of a metal having good thermal conductivity like the metal tube.

Therefore, in the case of the present invention, it is sufficient to pipe the metal tube to the back surface of the iron plate and to weld it, for example, partially.
The time and labor required for welding and processing operations can be significantly reduced as compared with conventional products. As a result, according to this, manufacturing costs,
There is an effect that the processing cost can be reduced and the cost of the clothing press can be reduced accordingly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of a press iron according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the clothing press equipped with the press iron.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part of a front press iron.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part taken along line VV of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part of a rear press iron.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part showing another example of the metal pipe.

FIG. 8 is a main part front view showing another example of the metal pipe.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a main part showing still another example of the metal pipe.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a main part showing another embodiment of a metal tube.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing another example of attachment of a metal tube.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing another clothes press equipped with the press iron of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Metal tube 2 Iron plate

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A press iron for a clothing press machine to which steam for heating is supplied from the outside, comprising a metal tube through which the steam is passed, wherein the metal tube is formed of a metal having good heat conductivity. In addition, the pipe is arranged so as to be in contact with the back surface of the iron plate and to uniformly heat the entire surface of the iron plate, and the back surface of the iron plate is formed of a metal having good thermal conductivity like a metal tube. Press iron of a clothing press machine. 2. The press iron for a clothes press according to claim 1, wherein one metal pipe is bent and piped. 3. The press of a clothes press according to claim 1, wherein the inlet and the outlet of the steam of the metal tube are arranged close to each other. Mortar. 4. A press iron for a clothes press according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein an inlet and an outlet for steam of a metal tube are respectively arranged at a lower portion of the iron plate, A clothing press characterized in that the steam rising path from the inlet to the upper part of the iron plate is always piped upward, and the steam descending path from the upper part of the iron plate to the outlet is always piped downward. Machine press trowel. 5. The press iron for a clothing press according to claim 1, wherein the metal tube is formed in a flat shape. 6. The press iron for a clothing press according to claim 1, wherein the iron plate is formed by bonding metal plates together, and the metal plate forming the back surface is a copper plate. A press trowel for clothing presses.